All Health Service Journal articles in 11 November 2015
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CommentIt's time to speed up change
The difficult financial situation and the pressure faced by the FT model demands an urgent acceleration of NHS reforms
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CommentLookey likey: Phil Moore and Roy Hodgson
Uncanny similarities abound between clinical commissioning group deputy chair and England football manager
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CommentEnd Game: A quick warning on health tourism? Play it again, Jeremy
The health secretary turns to a trusted tune but Sir David Nicholson doesn’t join in
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CommentCSU's hummingbird logo is something to tweet about
Staff have so much in common with the aforementioned bird, not least courage
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NewsTrusts ‘make do and mend’ as capital investment squeeze hits estates repairs
“High risk” maintenance problems up 30pc year on year, as capital investments falls Estates director warns “make do and mend” approach to maintenance will impact safety Imperial College Healthcare would have to spend £39m to deal with high risk backlog NHS providers face costs of more than £450m ...
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NewsExclusive: CCGs should be 'brought together', says King’s Fund
King’s Fund says commissioning must be done across bigger areas This would enable provider-led “systems of care” NHS England expected to require joint planning across health economies NHS commissioning must be carried out on footprints bigger than current clinical commissioning groups, the King’s Fund has recommended.
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NewsExecutive Summary: The forgotten contract negotiations
HSJ’s daily digest of the must read stories and debate in health policy
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CommentThe NHS requires a national clinical leadership talent management pipeline
NHS Improvement is the perfect way to nurture the talent of potential clinical leaders
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NewsRollout of shared care records can cut DTOCs, commission says
Commission calls for the DH to assess the cost of national living wage for social care sector There is an “urgent need” for delayed transfer definitions for mental health Payment mechanisms should be “coordinated” and block contract payments should be dropped Delayed transfers of care can be avoided ...
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HSJ LocalGreater Manchester reconfiguration to face judicial review
STRUCTURE: The controversial shake-up of emergency services in Greater Manchester will be subject to a judicial review, after the High Court agreed to hear a legal challenge from a group of doctors.
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HSJ LocalMental health trust appoints new chief executive
WORKFORCE: A London mental health trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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CommentWomen leaders - just what the doctor ordered
Women have been proven to be very effective system leaders, which is exactly what the NHS needs
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HSJ LocalTrust to transfer public health services to social enterprise
COMMERCIAL: Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is planning to hive off a number of public health services to a newly created social enterprise.
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NewsExclusive: Existing NHS indicators deemed inadequate for vanguards
First version of vanguard dashboard contains just two metrics Many existing data returns are not suitable for measuring integrated care New measures will be developed over the coming months National leaders have judged many current datasets to be inadequate in their current form to judge the success of ...
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NewsTrusts urged to defer capital spending in exchange for revenue cash
Providers asked to repay public dividend capital to the DH, in return for revenue support Monitor and the TDA have been phoning providers on behalf of the department Believed to be first time systematic capital to revenue transfers have potentially happened at local level Further details have emerged ...
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HSJ KnowledgeSo what does it take to be a chief executive in the NHS?
The first of a four-part series analysing a survey of senior staff speaks to chief executives about their roles
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NewsHSJ survey: regulation has biggest impact on NHS directors’ job satisfaction
The regulatory burden and external interference are the biggest factors bringing down the job satisfaction of NHS trust leaders, an HSJ survey reveals.
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CommentNow we know how best to support the next wave of NHS leaders
The next generation of chief executives will need time to learn from their mistakes
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NewsNHS England guidance aims to tackle discharge disagreements
NHS England has issued new guidance on transferring people out of hospital in order to tackle misunderstandings between NHS bodies and local authority social care departments.